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(★)(´Zen Flesh, Zen Bones´ is four books in one --books that would rank high in the canon of Zen, If Zen were so non-Zen as to have scriptures. 101 Zen Stories recounts experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries. The Gateless Gate offers a collection of 13th-century koans to sit with in practice. 10 Bulls is a 12th-century commentary on the stages of awareness leading to enlightenment. Finally, Centering, a 4,000 year-old teaching from India, offers what some consider to be the roots of Zen. When this book was first published in 1957 it became a guide for an entire generation of western seekers who were just beginning to explore Zen. In the years since it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, students, and practitioners. ◆Paul Reps was the author of several books of poems and prose inspired by Zen, including Zen Telegrams. He was an American who lived in many countries, including India, Norway, and Japan, and was a lifelong seeker, who believed it possible to be happy though human and grown up. Nyogen Senzaki, an internationally renowned Buddhist scholar, was a homeless monk, studying and wandering the land from monastery to monastery. His wandering eventually brought him to the United States, where he lived for over 50 years. Among those who studied with this great sage are Robert Aitkens Roshi, Eido Roshi, and Gary Snyder.) |
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